Outreach, Education and Training

The Trust is committed to promoting the wider understanding, enjoyment and appreciation of Stirling City’s historic built environment, raising awareness of Stirling’s heritage through activities or interpretation.

For several years, the Trust operated a Community Heritage & Environment Grant (CHEG) which supported a number of community-led projects which conserved public heritage. Projects included the restoration of the Kings Park drinking wells (with The Friends of Kings Park), new interpretation of the Bannockburn Telford Bridge (with Hillpark and Milton Community Council) and the Top of The Town History Project in partnership with the local community council.

From 2018, the Trust has two principal targets: Educational projects and Traditional Skills Training.

Women in Construction event at Bannockburn High brought together women from across the industry to inspire younger women in education to take up careers in construction. One of those women, Sophia Mirashrafi,… Read more

Adapt Northern Heritage brought experts from across Northern Europe together online for a digital conference. They learned more about Scotland’s pioneering approach to traditional building maintenance, piloted in Stirling.

Leading women working in Scotland’s construction industry aimed to attract Stirling’s female high school pupils to take up a career in construction last month. 70 female students took part in the skills… Read more